The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-07
GENERAL NEWS,
CLEAR and warm.
RuAuTtrur waatha.

CLEAR and warm.
BEAUTIFUL weather.
RIVER still rising slowly.
OILY one boat leaving today.
WHITE and st. Fraucis rivers are
falling.
THR Arkansas river is falling at Lit
tie Rock.
THE Chickassw left for White river
with a light trip.
DuRISa the "a hours ending at noon
yesterday the river here rose inch.
THR tug w. A. Williams has gone 10
the mouth Of Hstchie after raft of
logs.
The Thomas Sherlock left Cairo yes
terday morning and she should pass
down today.
The s. l.. Wood finished the repairs
to her boilers and left yesterday after
noon for the Ohio river.
The Belle Memphis Is announced 10
leave here at 8 o'clock tomorrow even
ing for Cairo and 81. Louis.
The Arkansas City is the Anchor
Line packet leaving at 7 o'clock to-
morrow morning for Vicksburg.
THH pilots OF the Will s. HAS re.
port fully Is feet of water between
this point and Cairo, and the channel
well defined.
The Desoto, Capt. John S. Jones, Ia
announced TO leave here tom ,rrow
evening for Cincinnati. Capt Q. B.
Russell is agent.
The Coahoma, from Ashport, brought
IL bales cotton, | bsg seed cotton and
90 racks cotton seed, She went back
with light trip.
Thu Paris o. Brown p asf, d to Gin.
cinnati at an early hour yesterday
morning. She put of about tixty
packages OF sundries.
THa James Lee, from Fdar4 Point,
brought bales OF cotton, 10 bags Of
broomcorn Bsed and head Of cattle.
She re;urned yesterday evening with
a fvir trip.
TIM Harry Brown arrival from the
OHIO river with sixteen boats nf Pitts
burg coal for Messrs. Brown 4 Jones.
She went back yesterday evening with
tow OF empties.
The name OF the sidewheel steamer
ID. X. Powell will be changed to I. b.
Sims. Mr.. Sims Is well known and
prosperous commission merchant OF
this city, and he also owns the boat.
The Kate Adams, Capt. Mark Cheek,
Is the Adams United States mail pack
ct leaving at 8 O'Clock this evening for
Helena, Terrene, Ooncordia, Arkansas
City and all way landings. Messrs.
William Blanker, Lew Price and Har-
ry Best are her clerks.
TIVE City Of Cairo passed to 81. Louis
yesterday morning. She put of 10
eacks OF seed aud added about s tons
OF sundfies, Az Burk's, below here,
she took Ill mules and full mping
outfit, which gees to Fort Mad son,
la,,. where a new railroad is being
built.
A SPECIAL from Kansas City 10 the
st. Louis Globe. Democrat saws: The
river has fallen 1873 feet
above low water mark, making a total
TALL OF 5,3 since last Friday night. The
river iB now at a stand, and will prob
ably remain at that hight uniI the
latter part o. the week, as it ia slowly
rising at Neblaska City, Omaha and
Sioux City. All the lowlsnds thlt were
laet Wednesday arc now
entirely out OF water. As hero is no
drift wood or debris coming down with
the current, the river men maintain
hat all the lands up the river which
we're flooded are now above the water.
The river men are reported to have
'ormed an alliance Tor the purpose of
the railroads in their att
empts to kill off steamboating, and
urther to insist upon the cities COM
,elling the railroads to comply with
he ordinance relative to the obstruc-
lion OF levees.